Subnautica
Last updated: 2025-12-19
- Immersive survival-narrative blend captivates players
- Stunning visual and artistic design enhances atmosphere
- Rewarding exploration system encourages discovery
- Frequent crashes and instability disrupt gameplay
- Poor in-game guidance and navigation frustrates players
- No autosave feature risks losing progress
Emotions
Fear15%Excitement15%Frustration11%Awe9%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Overwhelmingly Positive (9/10)
- Total reviews
- 331,588
- Positive
- 321,60997.0%
- Negative
- 9,9793.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 23,913,459
- Estimated revenue
- $717,164,635
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 630.51%
- Estimated copies lost
- 4,543
- Estimated revenue lost
- $136,245
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 640.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 1241% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 5034.1% Avg playtime 58.6h | 11,70594.4% Avg playtime 67.6h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.2 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 25.6 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 190.4 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 3,899.9 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
12,396 total
Organic purchasers11,14589.9%
Voted up: 95%
Key activations1,25110.1%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
12,396 total
First impression0-2h2952.38%
Voted up: 75%
Mid game2-10h1,86715.1%
Voted up: 94%
Late game10-20h1,73314.0%
Voted up: 95%
Endgame20h+8,50168.6%
Voted up: 97%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
92.4%
Global baseline 95.4%
145 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 331,588 total.